Descartes admits that the external world still seems more apparent and easily

understood than his own mind

However, according to his argument, he can only be sure that he exists and
possesses knowledge of his own nature, he existence of the external world on
the other hand is doubtful, and its true nature difficult to comprehend
Descartes shows with the wax example that sense perceptions can be
misleading
Sense perception tells us that the wax is solid, now it is liquid, it is yellow, now its
translucent and so on
The true nature f the wax does not therefore consist in what we can understand
of it through smell, sight, taste etc, but rather through reason and logical
deduction
The most certain and easily knowable things are those whose truth does not rely
on sense perception

The imagination provides is with misleading impressions of the external world

However, certain ideas within the mind can be known with much greater
certainty than perceptions which stem from outside of the mind
Therefore, the mental world can be known with much greater certainty than the
physical one
The most certain knowledge is based on contemplation of ideas alone, and not
involve the evidence of the senses.
Therefore, the more we relt upon sense perception, the more uncertain our
knowledge will be the more independent of sense perception our knowledge is
the more certain it will be